ABSTRACT A 'robust turn'in UN peace operations has ushered in a new generation of
missions that are epitomized by increased authorization and willingness to use force …

United Nations peace operations are deployed in greater numbers to more difficult operating
theatres in response to more complex conflict situations than ever before. More than …

This book analyzes the politics of global governance by looking at how global policymaking
actually works. It provides a comprehensive theoretical and methodological framework …

Today's vision of world order is founded upon the concept of strong, well-functioning states,
in contrast to the destabilizing potential of failed or fragile states. This worldview has …

Efforts to implement R2P in practice have consistently pointed to peace operations as one
possible avenue. For example, the Secretary-General has identified United Nations (UN) …

The protection of civilians at risk in armed conflict has, since the late 1990s, become
institutionalized at the United Nations (UN), gaining acceptance as a normative rationale for …

The UN operation in South Sudan (UNMISS) is amongst the UN's most challenging
contemporary peacekeeping missions. Although UNMISS was mandated in accordance with …

This doctoral dissertation studies the concept of responsibility to protect (R2P), especially in
the context of the South Sudan conflict. R2P is a political concept, developed at the UN and …

This study largely analyses United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa with UNMISS
as a case study. It examined the opportunities and challenges facing UN operations in …

Since 1999, the protection of civilians (POC) has become central to UN peacekeeping,
included in the mandates of most multidimensional missions. In 2009, the Security Council …